Alexey Dreev is a two-time world under-16 champion, world championship candidate, multiple Olympiad gold medal winner and remains in the top 100 players in the world. A trainer or assistant to two former world champions Kramnik and Ponomariov as well as numerous other top players, Alexey has won top tournaments including Wijk-aan-See and Biel and continues to have tournament successes. A fine writer at the height of his powers, this is Alexey's eight book and second book for Thinkers Publishing in the series 'Improve your Practical Play'. His first from 2018 becoming a bestseller 'Improve your Practical lay in the Middlegame'.